7 short documentaries about New York City cultural institutions feature their projects from the Rockefeller Foundation’s NYC Cultural Innovation Fund.

We’re pleased to announce that the Rockefeller Foundation has provided funding to EmcArts to document the work of 16 New York City cultural institutions ranging from the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) to the Center for Urban Pedagogy as they implement their 2011 Rockefeller Foundation Cultural Innovation Fund (CIF) awards. Each unique organization received a grant of up to $250,000 to develop a project that enriches neighborhoods, ignites communities, inspires with new artistic work, or builds a better future through art and design in New York City.

Today, EmcArts’s project concludes with the release of seven documentary videos and in-­depth written profiles featuring selected grantees, which capture learning and insights from their two-­year projects. These videos are housed in our Innovation Stories collection and build on previous documentation, including a series of audio postcards introducing each of the projects, blog posts with updates on each of the projects, and podcasts featuring the grantees. The cohort also convened in the fall of 2012 to learn from each other. Overall, the partnership provided a unique opportunity to share learning and insights about innovation in the culture sector with other organizations, funders, and the field.

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EmcArts Inc. is a social enterprise for learning and innovation in the arts. We serve as a nonprofit intermediary for many arts funders, and as a service organization for the arts field around innovation. We exist to strengthen the capacities and effectiveness of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, serving their needs in the design and management of innovative change, and assisting them in building their adaptive capacity. Find out more.